Table of Contents
August 2007 Issue
Cover Story
Nearly four decades ago, when Burt Rutan began work on his VariViggen, something like the current crop of high-performance canards--of which the Cozy is a popular member--might have been difficult to imagine. Rutan's slab-sided, spruce-and-plywood Vari Viggen was the result of detailed model experiments, wind tunnel work and the kind of down-home engineering that has made Rutan an icon.
Builder Spotlight
Still looking as new as tomorrow; by Ed Wischmeyer.
Composite Air Group's Toxo Sportster points to bullish times in the SLSA market; by Geoffrey P. Jones.
Bottom line: A little adventure is great A lot isn't. By Rick Lindstrom
With an airplane to build, everyone gets into the act; by Rick Lindstrom.
Come Fly With Me--The eCFI (Part 3)
We offer hardware ideas for those who may want to build their own systems; by Brian A. Seeley.
Build Your Skills: Composites (Part 4)
In Part 4, we make parts from molds; by Bob Fritz.
EFISes and GPSes get all the play, but you'll want a strong communications suite and backup navigation; by Stein Bruch.
Shop Talk
We complete a project on the lathe; by Bob Fritz.
Rotax two-stroke school; by Tim Kern.
Flash yourself, Part 2; by Jim Weir.
Designer's Notebook
The inherent compromises of a fixed-pitch propeller; by Barnaby Wainfan.
Exploring
Paying it back; by Marc Cook.
Lycoming launches a new web site, and Cozy builders get assistance; edited by Mary Bernard.
Does buying pre-owned avionics make sense? By Larry Anglisano.
The RANS S-7S Courier Light Sports; by Dave Martin.
Kit Bits
Drawing on experience; by cartoonist Robrucha.
Web Links in this Issue
Follow these links to visit the web sites of companies you read about in the August issue.
What's New
Freeflight Composites (Cozy builder assistance)
Lycoming
Aspen Avionics
Avotek Information Resources (+ Distributors)
AMT Books
KITPLANES Books
Cozy Mark IV
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
Intoxocating
Composite Air Group (CAG)
Cross-Country Crapshoot
Aero Concepts
Sign of the Zodiac, Part 3
The Corvair Authority
Come Fly With Me--The eCFI, Part 3
Jim Hauser
Advanced Flight Systems
Avionics Hangar
Blue Mountain Avionics
Comant Antennas
Crossbow Technology
Dynon Avionics
Electronics International
Garmin International
Grand Rapids Technologies
Icom America
I-K Technologies
JP Instruments
Maemo.org
Microsoft
OP Technologies
PC Avionics
PC Flight Systems
Porcine Associates
The Ray Allen Company
Sigtronics
Trio Avionics
TruTrak Flight Systems
University of Iowa Operators Performance Lab (Tom Schnell
Universitiy of Iowa Pilot-Avionics Interface Engineering Study
Vision Microsystems
Vista Nav
FlightStat Oximeter
Nonin PureLight SP02 Sensors
Nonin OEMIII Pulse Oximetry Module
Build Your Skills: Composites, Part 4
AirCrafters LLC
All About Avionics, Part 5
Becker Avionics
BendixKing (Honeywell)
Garmin International
Icom America
Microair Avionics Pty. Ltd.
Narco Avionics
Val Avionics
XCOM Avionics
The Home Machinist, Part 5
Skybolt
Engine Beat
FK Lightplanes
Light Stuff
RANS Aircraft
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Table of Contents and Reader's Links from December 2005 to Present
Other Aviation Publications
Aviation Consumer
Aviation Safety
AvWeb
IFR Magazine
IFR Refresher
Light Plane Maintenance
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At AOPA Summit in Hartford, Garmin will unveil its latest portable, the touchscreen aera 796. Take a video tour of the navigator's features, which include synthetic vision, enhanced chart functions, and a new touchscreen interface.
KITPLANES talked to PS Engineering’s Mark Scheuer about the new PAR100EX Experimental-class audio panel with a communication radio.
KITPLANES talks with Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES gets the scoop on Garmin’s developments and rebates for the G3X EFIS at Sun ‘n Fun 2011.
KITPLANES caught up with Dynon Avionics at Sun ‘n Fun to get a glimpse of the new DX15 handheld com radio.
KITPLANES tours the Whirlwind Propeller factory where the firm's fixed-pitch and ground-adjustable propellers are made, as well as the blades for Whirlwind constant-speed props.
